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COVID-19 retinal microangiopathy as an in vivo biomarker of systemic vascular disease?

Manuel F LandechoJ R YusteE GándaraP SunsundeguiJ QuirogaA B AlcaideA García-Layana
Published in: Journal of internal medicine (2020)
Cotton wool exudates were evident in six out of 27 patients evaluated, a 22%. Cotton wool exudates are a marker vascular disease severity in other medical context, that is diabetes and hypertension, and are associated with increased risk for acute vascular events. Whether antiaggregation therapy may play a role on fundoscopic-selected patients with COVID-19 requires prospective trials.
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